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  • Inside And Outside

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Jun 7, 2009
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    INSIDE AND OUTSIDE The little girl one Sunday as her family drove home from church, she turned to her mother and said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh? What is it?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God ...read more

  • Scripture Reading - Job 5:17-26

    Contributed by John Collier on Nov 28, 2016
     | 3,760 views

    17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.[a] 18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. 19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you. 20 In famine he will deliver you from ...read more

  • At The Close Of World War Ii, Two Pictures ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
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    At the close of World War II, two pictures appeared in a magazine showing a soldier in conflict with a tank. The first showed a huge tank bearing down on a tiny soldier, about to crush him. The picture was proportioned to show the odds involved when a foot soldier with a rifle faced a tank. The ...read more

  • Crossing The River

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 21, 2009
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    CROSSING THE RIVER Max Lucado in SIX HOURS ONE FRIDAY tells this story: A missionary in Brazil discovered a tribe of Indians in a remote part of the jungle. They lived near a large river. The tribe was in need of medical attention. A contagious disease was spreading across the village. People ...read more

  • That's My Country

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 11, 2012
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    THAT'S MY COUNTRY George Shultz, when Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, kept a large globe in his office. When newly appointed ambassadors had an interview with him and when ambassadors returning from their posts for their first visit with him were leaving his office, Shultz ...read more

  • Several Years Ago In Chicago, Joseph Kratzle, A ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 29, 2007
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    Several years ago in Chicago, Joseph Kratzle, a service elevator operator in an apartment house, recovered two checks for $114,000 that had been lost by the tenant in the apartment house where he worked. His reward was a fifteen cent tip and a solicitous offer to put iodine on the cuts on his hands ...read more

  • Daddy, What Does It Feel Like To Die?  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 19, 2014
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,999 views

    Years ago I heard the compelling story of a young pastor whose son was very sick and not expected to live long. Night after night the pastor and his wife would put their boy to bed and say a prayer hoping for a miracle. One evening, the boy looked at his father and said, "Daddy, what does it feel ...read more

  • In Steven Spielberg's Film About A Slave Ship ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 29, 2004
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    In Steven Spielberg’s film about a slave ship called Amistad, the Africans revolt and are subsequently imprisoned. The African prisoners are given a Bible with pictures in it by the abolitionists. The Africans had no idea what the book was, and they could not read in their own language, let ...read more

  • A Couple Of Years Ago, Newsweek Magazine Ran An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 6, 2005
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    A couple of years ago, Newsweek magazine ran an article on “Faith and Healing.” The article began with this unsettling story: “On a quiet Saturday afternoon, Ming He, a fourth-year medical student in Dallas, came across a man dying in the VA Hospital. Suffering from a rare cancer and hooked up ...read more

  • The Iron Man Of Baseball --- Lou Gehrig, 1903 To ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 15, 2004
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    THE IRON MAN OF BASEBALL --- LOU GEHRIG, 1903 to 1941. A. Lou Gehrig played first base from 1925 to 1939, 15 years for the New York Yankees. Lou played first base. He had a lifetime batting average of .340, he hit 493 home runs. Lou Gehrig had home runs in seven world series games. B. Lou played ...read more

  • Cleaning Up Our Mess

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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    CLEANING UP OUR MESS There is a story about President Ronald Reagan when he "...was in the hospital healing from when he had been shot. One day his Vice President walked in the room to find him on his hands and knees wiping up water. The Vice President said, 'Mr. President, they’ll take care of ...read more

  • The Proper Way For Man To Pray," Said Deacon ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 14, 2007
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    "The proper way for man to pray," said Deacon Lemuel Keyes; "The only proper attitude is down upon his knees." "Nay, I should say the way to pray," said Reverend Doctor Wise, "Is standing straight with outstretched arms with rapt and upturned eyes." "Oh, no, no, no," said Elder Snow, "such posture ...read more

  • Words, Just Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Words, just words I was reading the other day. The famous American author, Samuel Clement, Mark Twain, attended a Sunday service. He met the preacher at the door afterward to shake his hand. And he told him that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning. The minister ...read more

  • Just Worship God And Let Him Take Care Of The ...

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 8, 2008
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    JUST WORSHIP GOD AND LET HIM TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS The citizens of Feldkirch, Austria, didn’t know what to do. Napoleon’s massive army was preparing to attack. Soldiers had been spotted on the heights above the little town, which was situated on the Austrian border. A council of citizens was ...read more

  • Feldkirch Bells

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 25, 2025
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    The citizens of Feldkirch, Austria, didn’t know what to do. Napoleon’s massive army was preparing to attack. Soldiers had been spotted on the heights above the little town, which was situated on the Austrian border. A council of citizens was hastily summoned to decide whether they should try to ...read more

  • Hang A White Handkerchief

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Oct 5, 2009
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    HANG A WHITE HANDKERCHIEF I once read about a young man who had run away from home because he could not get along with his parents. Somehow, his parents were able to get a message to him, inviting him back home. He wrote back, saying that he was coming home and if they were sure he was welcome, ...read more

  • Billy Graham Tells A Story About Albert ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Billy Graham tells a story about Albert Einstein, who was going on a train to an out-of-town engagement. The conductor stopped to punch his ticket. The great scientist, preoccupied with his work, with embarrassment rummaged through his coat pockets and briefcase to no avail. He could not find his ...read more

  • Simple Confession, Profound Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
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    In 1818 one out of six women who had children died of something called “childbirth fever.” A doctor’s daily routine back then started in the dissecting room, where he performed autopsies, and from there he made his rounds to examine expectant mothers. No one even thought to wash his hands...at ...read more

  • John Newton Was A Rough, Dirty Sailor With A Foul ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 27, 2002
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    John Newton was a rough, dirty sailor with a foul mouth and an appetite for rotten living. He hated life and life hated him. He was captain of a slave ship. Then someone placed in his hands a copy of Thomas a Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ. He also had the gift of a good mother who told him about ...read more

  • John Newton Was A Rough, Dirty Sailor With A Foul ...

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
     | 2,162 views

    John Newton was a rough, dirty sailor with a foul mouth and an appetite for rotten living. He hated life and life hated him. He was captain of a slave ship. Then someone placed in his hands a copy of Thomas a Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ. He also had the gift of a good mother who told him about ...read more